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Justin D. Faris publication distribution in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Justin D. Faris sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 184 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Justin D. Faris D-index placement in Genetics in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Justin D. Faris sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 77 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Justin D. Faris is a researcher affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States, focusing extensively on agricultural and biological sciences. Their work primarily encompasses plant science, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions to agronomy, crop science, and cell biology.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including:

  • Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Mycotoxins in Agriculture and Food
  • Genetics and Plant Breeding
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies

Justin D. Faris has contributed to several scientific publications, including notable papers such as:

  • "Population genomic analysis of Aegilops tauschii identifies targets for bread wheat improvement" (2021) published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Plant genes hijacked by necrotrophic fungal pathogens" (2020) published in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "A wheat cysteine-rich receptor-like kinase confers broad-spectrum resistance against Septoria tritici blotch" (2021) published in Nature Communications
  • "Meta-QTL analysis of tan spot resistance in wheat" (2020) published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • "The Global Durum Wheat Panel (GDP): An International Platform to Identify and Exchange Beneficial Alleles" (2020) published in Frontiers in Plant Science

The researcher frequently collaborates with other scientists, including:

  • Steven S. Xu
  • Timothy L. Friesen
  • Amanda R. Peters Haugrud
  • Katherine L. D. Running
  • Jason D. Fiedler

Justin D. Faris has published multiple studies in recurring venues that include:

  • Theoretical and Applied Genetics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Plant Journal
  • Phytopathology

Best Publications

  • Emergence of a new disease as a result of interspecific virulence gene transfer.

    Timothy L Friesen;Eva H Stukenbrock;Zhaohui Liu;Steven Meinhardt

  • Wild emmer genome architecture and diversity elucidate wheat evolution and domestication

    Raz Avni;Moran Nave;Omer Barad;Kobi Baruch

  • Durum wheat genome highlights past domestication signatures and future improvement targets

    Marco Maccaferri;Marco Maccaferri;Neil S. Harris;Sven O. Twardziok;Raj K. Pasam

  • Genes encoding plastid acetyl-CoA carboxylase and 3-phosphoglycerate kinase of the Triticum/Aegilops complex and the evolutionary history of polyploid wheat

    Shaoxing Huang;Anchalee Sirikhachornkit;Xiujuan Su;Justin Faris

  • Molecular Characterization of the Major Wheat Domestication Gene Q

    Kristin J. Simons;John P. Fellers;Harold N. Trick;Zengcui Zhang;Zengcui Zhang

  • A unique wheat disease resistance-like gene governs effector-triggered susceptibility to necrotrophic pathogens

    Justin D. Faris;Zengcui Zhang;Huangjun Lu;Shunwen Lu

  • Molecular mapping of wheat: major genes and rearrangements in homoeologous groups 4, 5, and 7.

    J. C. Nelson;M. E. Sorrells;A. E. Van Deynze;Yun Hai Lu

  • Host-specific toxins: effectors of necrotrophic pathogenicity.

    Timothy L. Friesen;Justin D. Faris;Peter S. Solomon;Richard P. Oliver

  • A high‐density, SNP‐based consensus map of tetraploid wheat as a bridge to integrate durum and bread wheat genomics and breeding

    Marco Maccaferri;Andrea Ricci;Silvio Salvi;Sara Giulia Milner

  • Saturation Mapping of a Gene-Rich Recombination Hot Spot Region in Wheat

    Justin D. Faris;Karri M. Haen;Bikram S. Gill

  • The cysteine rich necrotrophic effector SnTox1 produced by Stagonospora nodorum triggers susceptibility of wheat lines harboring Snn1.

    Zhaohui Liu;Zengcui Zhang;Justin D. Faris;Richard P. Oliver

  • The Stagonospora nodorum-wheat pathosystem involves multiple proteinaceous host-selective toxins and corresponding host sensitivity genes that interact in an inverse gene-for-gene manner.

    Timothy L. Friesen;Steven W. Meinhardt;Justin D. Faris

  • Candidate gene analysis of quantitative disease resistance in wheat.

    J. D. Faris;W. L. Li;D. J. Liu;P. D. Chen

  • Chromosomal location of a gene conditioning insensitivity in wheat to a necrosis-inducing culture filtrate from Pyrenophora tritici-repentis

    J.D. Faris;J.D. Faris;J.A. Anderson;L.J. Francl;J.G. Jordahl

  • A bacterial artificial chromosome contig spanning the major domestication locus Q in wheat and identification of a candidate gene.

    Justin D Faris;John P Fellers;Steven A Brooks;Bikram S Gill

  • Duplication and partitioning in evolution and function of homoeologous Q loci governing domestication characters in polyploid wheat.

    Zengcui Zhang;Harry Belcram;Piotr Gornicki;Mathieu Charles

  • Genetic and Physical Mapping of a Gene Conditioning Sensitivity in Wheat to a Partially Purified Host-Selective Toxin Produced by Stagonospora nodorum.

    Z. H. Liu;J. D. Faris;S. W. Meinhardt;S. Ali

  • SnTox3 Acts in Effector Triggered Susceptibility to Induce Disease on Wheat Carrying the Snn3 Gene

    Zhaohui Liu;Justin D. Faris;Richard P. Oliver;Kar-Chun Tan

  • Acc homoeoloci and the evolution of wheat genomes

    D. Chalupska;H. Y. Lee;J. D. Faris;A. Evrard

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase and 3-phosphoglycerate kinase loci in wheat and other grasses

    Shaoxing Huang;Anchalee Sirikhachornkit;Justin D. Faris;Xiujuan Su

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy L. Friesen
Timothy L. Friesen United States Department of Agriculture
Steven S. Xu
Steven S. Xu United States Department of Agriculture
Bikram S. Gill
Bikram S. Gill Kansas State University
Shiaoman Chao
Shiaoman Chao Agricultural Research Service
Richard P. Oliver
Richard P. Oliver Curtin University
Yue Jin
Yue Jin US Department of Agriculture
Peter S. Solomon
Peter S. Solomon Australian National University
James A. Anderson
James A. Anderson University of Minnesota
Jorge Dubcovsky
Jorge Dubcovsky University of California, Davis

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